featured artists: rick hall

we thought we'd show you some of our friend Rick's work
as he has recently finished his new website.
Rick also lives in Welcombe - for those of you who came
to the Welcombe Open Studios in the summer,
you may have visited his studio and know his work.

Rick's art involves screen-print, lithography, etching,
paint and pen & ink, and harmonography.
no computers.


His beautiful work is available to buy through his website.

www.rickhall.co.uk

featured artists: the jumblebox consortium

the jumblebox consortium are
jez, zac & morgan


good friends of ours
fellow surfers
jam night regulars
excellent musicians
good people

we like them & we like their music
an eclectic mix of folk & metal, jazz & soundtrack
pretty wild & free


their self titled, hand-made debut album is out now.

in limited editions of 50, each edition being different from the last,
the album is hand-made by the band using recycled card & paper
with stitching on the case & inner book and with a beautiful
illustration by friend Andrew Wightman.


listen here look here buy here


{p.s. our 100th post - dedicated to good pals}

Gabrielle Goodchild

thankyou to everyone that came to see us at the
Welcombe Open Studios '09 and for visiting all the other artists too.
We really enjoyed this years event
and it was great to have new studios open this year too.

There is still a wonderful exhibition on in Welcombe at the village hall
until the 6th September of Gabrielle Goodchilds new work, with some
guest artists too. Gabrielle produces beautiful etchings but this year
is exhibiting some stunning new paintings, full of deep colours, darkness and stories.


falling


in the woods enclosed


her guardians


within this border


for more details about Gabrielle's work and latest exhibition
click here

Welcombe Open Studios 09

Our last event of the summer is the much anticipated Welcombe Open Studios 09, now in it's 4th year and with more artists taking part this year than ever before. 9 artists will be opening their studios around our lovely village of Welcombe on the North Devon coast and there will also be 2 mixed exhibitions as part of the event.



This year we have decided to hold the event over 2 weekends: weekend 1 is over 3 days - 7th to 9th August, and weekend 2 is over 4 days - 28th to 31st August. So if you miss the 1st weekend, you have another chance at the end of the month to visit some of the studios. Alot of the artists taking part only open their studios for this event so it's a great chance to get an exclusive peek into where & how their work is created.

The website for the event is http://www.welcombearts.wordpress.com/ and is where you will find all the details you need to find Welcombe and all the studios, open times, artists contact details, etc.

New artists this year include poet & artist John Moat who will be showing collections of his poems, novels, short stories and limited editions, as well as paintings, prints and etchings. Our new neighbour Tom Hyde will have work on display which include his sculptures in wood, prints and silver jewellery. Rick Hall will be opening his studio for the first time as part of the event showing new paintings and work in progress - his beautiful studio is set in a lovely wooded area of Welcombe and is a must see for visitors.

Also new for this year is a mixed exhibition at The Yarner Trust showing work from makers of furniture, paintings & poetry, mosaics, willow & rush baskets and textiles and a creative painting exhibition in the village hall of Rosina Lytton's work and work by her students.

Other studios open are photography by Paul Jenner - paintings, drawings and ceramics by Rebecca Cohen - textiles & paintings by Jean Goodchild - raku & earthenware pottery by David Westcott - oil paintings and watercolours by Wendy Chiles - and contemporary furniture & accessories by us.



We will have furniture on display, mirrors and clocks from reclaimed cornish slate, new oak mirrors, leaf lanterns and gold leaf bowl lanterns, tea-light blocks, ash & oak chopping/serving boards, oak and slate lamps and some 2nd's & old stock at reduced prices. If you are on our postal mailing list you will be getting a detailed leaflet sent to you any day now. If you aren't on our mailing list and would like to be please fill in your details here.

As well as the 11 different studios to visit, Kings Cottage Nursery will be opening their beautiful gardens over the 2 weekends (closed Saturdays) for visitors and plant sales and The Old Smithy Inn will be open for lunch & dinner. There will also be another exhibition in the village hall starting 29th August of Gabrielle Goodchild's beautiful etchings & paintings as part of the Drawn to the Valley open studios event (more details here). And, of course, you must check out the beach at Welcombe Mouth.

Hope to see you in August.
sammy & glenn

welcombe open studios 09, pachadesign, well barn, welcombe, near bideford, devon, ex39 6hg
7th - 9th August and 28th to 31st August 09 - 10.30am to 4.30pm

6 weeks

thanks to everyone that came to see us during the Art Trek open studios - the weather was lovely, only a little rain on sunday. We have some catching up to do now as the workshop has been the studio for 10 days so we haven't been able to start commissions yet. Luckily I could make lanterns in our house (I have had to make about 100 over the last week or so!).

Our next event is the much anticipated Welcombe Open Studios which is in 6 weeks time - we are designing the leaflet in the next week or two and all details will be online then too. This year we have about 11 different venues with 2 of them showing mixed exhibitions, so it should be a really good event agian this year. Keep checking back here and on our website for details soon.

our spring open studio

we thought we would show you some images from our spring open studio - the space is usually our workshop but we take everything out and turn it into a little showroom for while the open studio is on.

thanks to everyone that came to see us in Welcombe and for visiting the other studios aswell. The spring open studios were successful for all of us so we will probably do it again next Easter and hopefully get some of the other artists in Welcombe involved too.

If you didn't get a chance to visit us this time we will be having another open studio in June (open for 10 days) and again in August for the Welcombe open studios - details soon.

spring open studio: 15th - 19th april '09

hopefully we will see you all at the love factor furniture exhibition in Appledore this weekend but if you can't make it then maybe we will see you at our spring open studio.

for the rest of the Easter week we will be opening our studio in Welcombe where we will have a selection of work for sale: new furniture & accessories, our usual range of mirrors, clocks and lanterns and some old stock at reduced prices (see below for details).

we will have our last old stock coffee table for sale at the spring open studio.
the table is the same as the one above apart from the slate not being the new cornish slate that we now use.
the oak is reclaimed and finished with danish oil and the slate is protected with a sealant to protect against stains.
length: 90cm x width: 90cm x height: 43cm
the table is reduced from £750 to £500.


new gold leaf bowl lanterns will be available from the studio at £10 each - not available from our website yet.
also for sale will be our leaf skeleton lanterns at £12.50 each, available in little boxes perfect for posting as gifts.

we still have a few old stock mirrors made from dark slate left, in a few different sizes ranging from small ones reduced from £25 to £15, medium ones reduced from £35 to £20 and these large square mirrors that are perfect for bathrooms.
they are 60cm x 60cm and are reduced from £200 to £120.

a brand new product that we have made especially for the spring open studio are these beautiful serving/chopping boards made from reclaimed oak & ash starting at £10.

also available will be our usual collection of mirrors and clocks from reclaimed cornish slate - mirrors start at £30 and clocks at £60.

we will also have a range of furniture on show including new pieces for 2009.

as well as our studio, Paul Jenner will be opening his photography studio selling beautiful box canvases, prints & cards. David Westcott produces a wide range of functional earthenware at Welcombe Pottery and will also be open for the 5 days. The Old Smithy Inn will be open for lunch from 12 to 2.30 serving great food, good wine & real ales.
Welcombe lies on the coast inbetween Bideford and Bude, just off the A39 - all studios will be signposted.

hope to see you this Easter.

pachadesign open studio:
well barn, well farm, welcombe, near bideford, devon, ex39 6hg
open: 15th - 19th april '09 10.30am - 5pm

warm days

another warm and hazy day ...... we went for a beautiful bike ride and now Welcombe is shrouded in sea mist.
the forecast says sunshine for tomorrow. fingers crossed.